Quote ="bigchris"I see your point and maybe it is not as clear cut a decision as I thought, for me though as soon as he took a swing at the ball he was classed as playing at the ball and therefore once he touched the ball it should of been Leeds ball.
It would be interesting if any of the refs on here could clarify, not to prove anyone right, just for future reference?'"
Like all such decisions it's what is referred to as a 'judgement call' from the ref. At the end of then day that's what he is there to do but when we come down to 'intent' it does get a bit difficult, even when you have video evidence to look at, but the poor old ref (admittedly with the help of a touchie) has to make his mind up pretty quickly so it's hardly surprising we get some controversial decisions.
